Method and apparatus for detecting an emergency situation in a room

Abstract

A method of detecting an emergency situation in a room of a hotel is provided. The method comprising: monitoring an access control operably connect to a door of a room; determining that the access control has not been engaged; determining that activity has not been detected in the room for a selected time period; and activating an alarm.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A system of detecting an emergency situation in a room of a hotel, the system comprising:
 a processor; and 
 a memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
 monitoring a door lock operably connected to a door of a room, the door lock comprising a dead bolt lock that can be actuated manually from inside the room; 
 detecting actuation of the dead bolt from an unlocked position to a locked position; 
 determining that the dead bolt has not been moved from the locked position to the unlocked position for a first selected time period; 
 determining that activity has not been detected in the room for a second selected time period; and 
 activating an alarm. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the activity includes at least one of motion and audible sounds. 
     
     
       3. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining that a telephone within the room has not received or transmitted a telephone call within the second selected time period. 
 
     
     
       4. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 detecting a mobile device within the room. 
 
     
     
       5. The system of  claim 4 , wherein:
 the mobile device is detected within the room using wireless communication. 
 
     
     
       6. The system of  claim 5 , wherein:
 the wireless communication includes at least one of Wi-Fi triangulation, zigbee, and Bluetooth signal strength. 
 
     
     
       7. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining that the room has not been cleaned within the second selected time period. 
 
     
     
       8. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining that a window of the room has not been opened or closed within the second selected time period. 
 
     
     
       9. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 transmitting a telephone call to a telephone within the room after the second selected time period and not receiving an answer to the telephone call. 
 
     
     
       10. The system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the first selected time period is about equal to 24 hours. 
 
     
     
       11. A computer program product tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
 monitoring a door lock operably connected to a door of a room, the door lock comprising a dead bolt lock that can be actuated manually from inside the room;
 detecting actuation of the dead bolt from an unlocked position to a locked position; 
 
 determining that the dead bolt has not been moved from the locked position to the unlocked position for a first selected time period; 
 determining that activity has not been detected in the room for a second selected time period; and 
 activating an alarm. 
 
     
     
       12. The computer program product of  claim 11 , wherein the activity includes at least one of motion and audible sounds. 
     
     
       13. The computer program product of  claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining that a telephone within the room has not received or transmitted a telephone call within the second selected time period. 
 
     
     
       14. The computer program product of  claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 detecting a mobile device within the room. 
 
     
     
       15. The computer program product of  claim 14 , wherein:
 the mobile device is detected within the room using wireless communication. 
 
     
     
       16. The computer program product of  claim 15 , wherein:
 the wireless communication includes at least one of Wi-Fi triangulation, zigbee, and Bluetooth signal strength. 
 
     
     
       17. The computer program product of  claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining that the room has not been cleaned within the second selected time period. 
 
     
     
       18. The computer program product of  claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining that a window of the room has not been opened or closed within the second selected time period. 
 
     
     
       19. The computer program product of  claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 transmitting a telephone call to a telephone within the room after the second selected time period and not receiving an answer to the telephone call. 
 
     
     
       20. The computer program product of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the first selected time period is about equal to 24 hours.